There are few more personal, life-altering moments than a medical crisis—whether it's your own, or a complete stranger's you've somehow crossed paths with. Though, as with many families, our history is riddled with crises of various forms, the one I want to talk about here happened without warning ...
Things I did wrong in parenthood (and what I’m doing right now)
As a new mom, there were a LOT of things I didn't have a clue about. There was that time I let my first baby sleep through the night when he was one day old... Because I didn't know he was supposed to eat every 2-3 hours (yeah, I actually did that). And a myriad of other newbie mistakes I'm SURE ...
Win $25,000 for Singing About Coffee
Waking up to coffee is easily the only thing that gets me going in the morning. Yeah, I've tried to quit it a few times, but let's face it—when you're a work-at-home mom of 5, every bit of help is welcomed. When I learned about the Folgers® Jingle Contest, I naturally wanted to share it with you ...
Our Triple Play
Three sets of little feet pat the ground behind us. The wheels of two strollers crunch on stray gravel across the path. A breeze whips up a few stray leaves and the girls giggle at the swirl they take. The toddler asks for water, the baby chortles at a passing dog and its owner. We stop at street ...
The Solution to Diet Cravings
In our family, we've bounced around a lot of different diet options over time. Some of them have been really great (and effective!), but we always reach a point where we are SUPER hungry for dairy-related products specifically. However, not wanting to compromise the "diet," we normally just go ...
Ditching Coffee (Gasp!) with 5 Littles
As a mom of 5 littles, coffee has pretty much always been a staple of my existence. It's hard to remember a stretch longer than a couple days that I haven't had it... Until this past week. MOMS, I CUT COFFEE OFF COMPLETELY. And you know what? I feel amazing. I had the best night's sleep last ...